Directions:
From Atlanta, travel I-20W to exit 124 (Villa Rica/UWG). Turn left (West) onto Highway 61. Take Hwy 61 for 12 miles then turn left onto the 166 Bypass. At the 6th traffic light, turn right onto Maple Street/Hwy 166. The University will be on the left.

We continue to have practices Tuesday evenings and Sunday afternoons (weather and event schedule permitting). For the latest info on practice status, check Atlanta SCA Fighting group on Facebook!

Lots of fighting at Red Tower – will discuss further in post mortem.

Webminister (Master Wistric Oftun)

We have a website!

Chatelaine (Lady Stella di Silvestri)

Thank you to all who helped with Gold Key for Red Tower!

Are we interested in taking part in ConjurationCon (5 November 2016)?

Armored Marshal (Lord Robert Throckmorton)

Nothing to report

Herald (Lord Bjorn Gullharr)

Submissions – Name

Stella di Silvestri – passed Laurel

Court Reports

Red Tower – Royal Court

Tiberius of Meridies – Sovereign’s Pleasure

Sebastiannos Ionnides – Sovereign’s Pleasure

Ysabella Lucia Tirado de Aragon – AoA

Rebekah Zsido – AoA

Magnus Andersson – AoA

Camulocaros Bodogenicnos – Meridien Cross

Bjorn Gullhar – GoA

Red Tower – Baronial Court

Bjorn Gullhar – Red Raven

Pietro di Conti – Tower Gules

Jürgen der Veilfras – Tower Or

Juliane de Vivonne – Tower Or

Lucien d’Artois – Tower Or

Maire Dhocair Inghean Chiarain – Red Raven

Raven Helmsplitter – Heart of South Downs

Meridien Grand Tournament – Royal Court

Mandin Leon – OVO

Reeve (THL Maire Dhocair Inghean Chairain)

Still waiting on some receipts from Red Tower, so report will be next month

Castle Wars – will need to get some lights/lantern for site, esp important for primitive site. Would like to buy 5 (approved by populace)

Also need to buy a printer/scanner, hoping to spend ~$100 by the time the new reeve takes over

Popups for barony – Maire has a lead on period canvas popups ($68), canvas only. Will need to get poles for them separately (6ft?) Lowe’s 2x2x6; dogbones; ropes, and containers/totes for each. Faire will be submitting a proposal outlining all prices. Looking to get 4 popups. Mikhail has a store in Stone Mountain and sells iron stakes. questions about details (black/blue vs white, costs,etc) Went to a vote (passed nearly unanimously)

Their Excellencies

Coronation is coming up this weekend – in case anything unfortunate should happen…

Other events Their Excellencies will be attending:

War of the Wings coming up (12-16 October)

Danelaw (22 October)

Silver Hammer (22 October)

Gatalop (29 October)

Panhandle (4-6 November) – Bill Bosch is bringing his smoker (!!!)

Seneschal (THL Mathias Blackett)

Nothing to report

Recent Events

Red Tower (30 September – 2 October 2016)

Pros

No one complained about portapotties!

Feast!!!

Having feast hall/tent available all weekend to hang out in was a great gathering spot

Having rapier and rattan fight side by side

Lyst mistresses were awesome!

Rattan/rapier team tournament was a ton of fun!

Troll was well-organized

Cons

There was a fair amount of confusion about where things went on Friday (during setup);

Communication issues

Could use more space between the pavilions and the lyst field for walk space and safety

Kids – can we share the responsibility of supervising kids’ activities so everyone can enjoy the event more? Talk to the KMoC to get info for background checks, so more people can volunteer

Hand sanitizer in portapotties and more toilet paper

Torches at night? If we do this, then they’ll have to be monitored; option: everyone carries lanterns?

Solar powered lights in portapotties!! Like Pennsic? We should have them! Snorri (?) will be loaning a set of lanterns for all the portapotties for Castle Wars

Matthias was contacted about having us take part in a demo for high schoolers at the Darlington School, in conjunction with the Rome Shakespeare Festival. They’re particularly interested in anything late period

Event/demo is on a Friday morning (the afternoon before Danelaw), so anyone who can come out to help would be appreciated. Contact Matthias if interested.

Castle Wars (17 – 20 November 2016)

Still need volunteers:

Kids’ activities supervisor/coordinator

Set up coordinator – Maire volunteered, since she’ll already be onsite (for troll?)

Strike coordinator

Revel coordinator – does not mean you have to do it yourself, just coordinate

Site will open at 4:00pm on Thursday for attendees, set up starts at noon Thursday

Maire will be bringing 6 people to help set up, but can use more volunteers as well

Castle walls are currently living in Sir Tim’s garage, and he will help get them to site (per Mathias). We need to talk to Tir Briste to coordinate since we share the walls – can we get a neutral storage space for them? Perhaps a storage locker in Macon, and split costs with Tir Briste? or perhaps the Shriners would let us build a shed onsite? After some discussion, Ximon suggested we table the discussion until the next meeting

Feast is finalized, 4 courses – one from each of the cultures represented in the fighting scenarios

A+S – still collecting info

Spinning the hype!

There will be a fabulous ball Friday night!

Midwinter A&S (3 – 5 February 2017)

Site has been confirmed! MWA&S will be held at the University of West Georgia (where RUM and last year’s MWA&S were held)

The Meridian Order of the Blade (MoB) wants to do a fundraiser lunch – looking for lunch ideas. Perhaps the Companions of the Argent Rapier (CAR) will be interested in assisting?

Bids for Future Events

Kingdom Level events for 2017

If interested, it’s not too early to get a bid together Artsy Crown? Spring Coronation?

Portia is willing to help/autocrat

Event dates for 2019 – need to get them on the calendar now (!!!)

Midwinter

Red Tower

Other SCA Business

Justina is working on getting a local boy scout and girl scout troop together for an SCA demo; Bam also has a local troop up his way who would be interested. In addition to all the good things that demos do, this could help us get access to some of the local girl scout camps for events.

Youth Marshal needs gear, especially armored fighting gear – there is nothing in the loaner kit right now (Charmone)

Non-SCA Business

Margavati mentioned Abel needs to borrow a popup for western maker faire. He’s also working on something with flintlocks

Indian dance festival – Margavati is performing (Jimmy Carter Blvd)

Bam – has officially moved back to South Downs! And there was much rejoicing!

All the business issues having been addressed, the business meeting was closed.

Next South Downs business meeting will be held Wednesday, 2 November 2016, at the Atlanta Friends Meeting House.

On the 5th Wednesday in November (11/30/16) the Laurels of South Downs will be offering a Practice A&S Faire in conjunction with Garb and Potluck night.

If you have considered entering A&S this is your chance to get feedback in a format similar to entering A&S Faire, but no pressure! Bring your finished or in-progress entries, with documentation, and a panel of Judges will give you feedback on how to improve your entry for an actual A&S Faire. Complete with judging forms to help you get a feel for the process. Conveniently, this is just before Magna Faire!

This is 6 weeks from today, so you have plenty of time to start something if you haven’t begun an entry already.

In addition to practice entering, you can also shadow judge or take a shot at judging an entry yourself! Get a feel for what it’s like to be a judge by giving a critique on a provided finished A&S project.

If you plan on bringing an entry it would be helpful if you could send me a PM.

On this coming Friday Eve, at Red Tower, we shall once again have the Cock and Feather Gaming tavern awaiting your arrival. I invite you to arrive early, and set your camp. Fill thy mug and come forth to spend a wonderful evening of gaming with friends in a lively tavern!!! Once again our focus shall be more on the games of chance that allow multiple players to join into one game, so that it shall be easier for all to meet and make new friends… and then win from them all of their monies!!! (Don’t worry…. I will give you more monies!!!)

We will have Knuckle bones, Teetotum, and several dice games out on the tables throughout the evening, however, the normal games such as 9 man morris, tafle, or Adre will also be available for play, so if you have a favorite, don’t worry…. it will be there!

PLANNED RAPIER ACTIVITIES AT RED TOWER XLIV

0900 Inspections/sign-in begin

1000 Early Bird tourney

If you are signed in and inspected, or at least standing in line to be inspected AT 10AM, you can play. Format dependent on number of available fighters.

<from this point forward, all times listed are approximate>

1100 Red Tower Rapier Champion Tourney

Hosted by the current Red Tower Rapier Champion, Ld. Piers Simmons. Straight Double-Elimination, possibly modifications to be announced at host’s discretion. Winner gets custody of the distinctive Red Tower cloak for a year, and the title Red Tower Rapier Champion.

1300 Red Tower Baron’s Prize Rapier Tournament

Trash talk has already begun..

In the 14th and 15th centuries, mercenaries known as condottieri plied their trade throughout the Italian peninsula. Their tactics were focused as much on economics as on actual warfare. In this tournament, success lies not only with the one who has the most skill with a blade, but also the one who best controls their purse strings.

The tournament will be set up as round robin pools, and each fighter will begin with five coins. For any given bout, a fighter may choose to pay their opponent a certain number of coins based on their opponent’s reputation for skill: 3 for a Master of Defence, 2 for a Captain of the Order of the Blade, 1 for anyone else (bribes may be refused or renegotiated). This payment will score the bout as a win for the one who buys it, and only one party may accept a bribe. The bout must still be fought “for show”, and the one who takes the bribe may also score a win.

There will be one prize for the fighter who scores the most wins, and another prize for the fighter who ends up with the most coins. Both prizes may not be won by the same fighter.

1430 Armored/Rapier Team tournament.

Find an armored fighter to team up with. Each team consists of one armored fighter and one rapier fighter. (Masters of Defense, please do not team up with Knights. Please?)

Each round is 2-out-of-3, one bout on each field. If one team wins both bouts, their team advances.

If a third round is required to decide the match, all fighters take their respective fields, and “Lay on” is called on both fields simultaneously. The first person to defeat their opponent takes the round, and their team advances.
If a set of fighters double-kills in the third bout, they do not refight unless the other field is inconclusive.
If both field double kill or kills from opposite teams are considered simultaneous then the third round will be refought.

If there is time, perhaps a pick-up melee tourney.

Whenever time permits and a marshal is available to observe, field will be open for pickups.

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